Nintendo WiiMusic Mode D'emploi page 5

Jam Modes
After you select Jam on the main menu, you can try out instruments
in Instrument Improv or perform jam sessions with a Quick Jam or
Custom Jam.
•In modes that involve selecting an instrument before you perform a song, you can try out the instruments
during selection. You can ultimately select from over 60 instruments and play a total of 50 songs, but many
selectable options (songs, instruments, stages, and music stylizations) will be locked when you first
start Wii Music and will unlock as you create videos. Some songs, instruments and stages
are unlocked by playing Games mode.
Instrument Improv
You can freely select and play instruments in
Instrument Improv mode. Once you select your
Mii , point at an instrument panel and press
TM
or switch between instruments using
You can then play the instrument, or you can
select more options. Select to quit Instrument
Improv and return to the Jam menu. Also, if you
hold down , , or , you can skip quickly
between instrument categories.
Learning Instrument Controls
On the Instrument Improv screen, select How to Play to view controls for the current instrument. Press
turn pages.
Instrument Details
Using the More Details option, you can view interesting trivia about the selected instrument.
•On instrument–selection screens, if you play instruments, you'll see a
This indicates that you are currently using the controls to play the instrument and you cannot
use pointer control or activate screen buttons. This state will end a few moments after you finish
playing with a selected instrument, and then you can point and select.
Play with Tutes
Select the Play with Tutes option to practice with other instruments being played in the background. As you
play, more and more instrument parts will join in to play with you. (The combination of instruments changes
randomly.) To stop playing with Tutes, press
Play the instrument in whatever way
you want. As you continue...
The Tutes are musical helpers who play their instruments automatically.
Since they'll adjust their play to what the player is doing, you can thoroughly enjoy
the improvisational nature of a jam session even in Instrument Improv mode.
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appear next to the Mii.
and select Change Instruments.
...Tutes will appear and play along
with your performance.
Jam Session:
For a quick, easy way to jump into a jam session,
choose a Quick Jam to have the song, stage,
instruments, and band parts all selected for you.
After you select the number of players and choose
your Miis, the random jam-session settings will be
displayed. (At this time, you can practice playing the
selected instrument.) Select the Start option to begin
with those random settings, or select Shuffle to
change to new random settings.
Jam Session:
In a Custom Jam, you'll select the song, stage, instruments, and band parts, then perform in a jam session.
First, you'll select the number of players and Miis, then the song and stage.
Song and Stage Selection
Select the jam-session song and stage, then select OK.
Point to the song or stage, then press
to
to bring up the related list of
options to select from.
(You'll unlock some more songs and
stages as you make more videos.)
Instrument and Part Selection
Point at the band part you want to play, then press
it. Press or to scroll through all the instruments available
for that band part, then
from your performance, point at the part, then press
Select OK, then Start to begin the jam session.
Point at and press
where you can change jam-session options.
Add/Remove Parts
Stylize Parts
Change Tempo
Change Miis
Load Video Data
Quick Jam
Custom Jam
The
unlocked songs, and
the five most recently played songs.
You can also filter the song list by
Not Played or Recently Played songs.
to select
to confirm. To turn off any band parts
.
to display the Options menu below,
For parts not controlled by players, you can select between a Tute helper who plays his
or her part automatically, or the Mii who played that part previously, or removing the part
altogether. (Mii performance data will be saved for only the last five performed songs.)
You can change the combination of instruments based on music style.
You can change the song tempo. Point at the tempo slider and press
then move it left or right.
You can access the Mii selection screen to change Miis used to perform with.
If you have a video for the same song, you can load it into your jam session to
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